Abstract
Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH 4 ) is an essential co-factor in the biosynthesis of monoamine neurotransmitters. A nano-Pt/Pd modified electrode as the electrochemical detector (ED) for high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupled with microanalysis sampling, is used to explore the effect of administration of BH 4 on the monoamine neurotransmitters in the rat striatum. The researches demonstrate that the contents of dopamine (DA), 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) and homovanillic acid (HVA) increase significantly with the administration of BH 4 . The pharmaceutical kinetics is carried out to research into the time course of BH 4 effect on the concentration of monoamine neurotransmitters in rat striatum, which provides reliable data for pathology and pharmacology research on neuroscience.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 368-375 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Science in China, Series B: Chemistry |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 2005 |
Keywords
- BH
- ED
- HPLC
- Microanalysis sampling
- Monoamine neurotransmitter
- Nano-Pt/Pd modified electrode